Department of Industrial Chemsity

HoD’s Message:

Shugufta Welcome to the Department of IndustrialChemistry at Govt. College for Women M.A. Road, Srinagar, a constituent college of Cluster University of Srinagar.Industrial Chemistry is the branch of chemistry which applies physical and chemical processes towards the transformation of raw materials into products that are of benefit to humanity. The goal of the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry degree program is to produce graduates who will be highly skilled in this activity. The Industrial Chemistry graduate is a chemist with knowledge linkages in engineering, chemical processing, economics and industrial management. You will find here inspiring teachers, enthusiastic students and cooperative staff. Besides, we have well established library and first class laboratory facility for the aspiring students. I cordially invite you to enroll in this course, join our graduate program, carry out cutting-edge research, and explore new horizons so as to better adjust yourselves in the present global capital market.

About Department:

The Department of Industrial Chemistry was established in the year 2002 as a vocational subject. The subject of Industrial Chemistry comes as a very important tool for an application of chemical knowledge to a wide range of industrial endeavors. The pharmaceutical, petrochemical, soap and detergents, paints, dyes and textiles, insecticides, food and biochemical industries are just some of the endeavors where industrial chemistry is applied.
The Department runs an undergraduate program in industrial chemistry with an intake of 35 students. Most of the passed-out students are well placed in industries in J&K and outside. A few are pursuing their research career at different institutes/universities. The course of industrial chemistry has been designed in such a manner as to cater the current market demands. The students visit different industries during the course so as to have first-hand experience of different manufacturing units.
At present the department has one batch( II-Sem ) of Cluster University Srinagar and three batches (III-Sem, V-Sem & 3rd year) of Kashmir University.

Infrastructure

The Department has one undergraduate laboratory equipped with adequate facility of Chemicals and equipments for carrying out practical. Some of the instruments include Pensky Marten’s Flash point apparatus, Smoke point apparatus, B.O.D. Incubator, Distillation plant, Conductivity Meter Micro-wave Oven, Refrigerator, Soil and Water Analysis kit. Moreover, the department has clean, spacious and airy class rooms.

The department has around 350 books related to the subject in the college library.

Achivements:

The faculty members apart from taking classes are involved in publishing of the college magazine . The department also organizes seminars and debates on different current topics.

Activities:

The department organized a visit to Sukhnag Water treatment plant in the month of September.